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“The Strongest Memorll i! Weak" "w" the Weakest Ink.”___ ' ' ""*i'__

LATURDAY, DECEMBER s0. 1939-

The Year In Review

1m- olil year now passing will be memorable the breakdown of the efforts g0 Pfesefl’: periec lll lilllQPe~ _ BM ‘“.C.a"a.d‘ are 1s éefl M, 11,,- j-t-joicltig lll the spirit ot unity 1nd up‘ pm- l\)_\'1ti't_\' that the cliaiiflllgc Of “far a5 ‘a ‘ “H411, Thu iinigniticieiit reception tciiderct

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(.iii.iila's first overseas contingent lll the Old Coiiiiirv reminds Us. once again. of tlie strong liiills of si- iiiiieiit and tradition binding us will‘.

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Bin we scarcely needed such‘ a renéin Efcgn" p. 11,.- iinprcccileiiti-tl scenes witncsse in wt cilia last stiztiiiier. 0“ ‘he Occasion of U: vm at’ Zllieir .\laj sues lying (scorge and Queen This Proiiiice shared iii the honour e of vxcicoiiiiiig Tllfiil‘ 5111159195, ted all ilPZIYlS with their gracious

lfil/Jli" itilli pr who capo ticrsonziiiiies. _ j _ P .‘\llC'.ilCl' event which will go down in my; viiiciiil lii~torv Wlh the celebration of the 75l lllllll\‘l‘f:.ll_\' of the historic _Cilt'_ll'lt)llClfl\\'fl Cloln- MUM.“ \\‘tl"cjl p|~._-c-t-<letl_ (IOIllIlDKiClHIlIOIIl. ic WV pun pruugiq “MW distinguished visitors to , incliitliiig lllt‘, Premiers of I\ova_ Scotia. _._\_.-i,\- 3,1,1 Alnititnbzi, four members

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‘,4 l’... i,,.,»iii,i..ii tfalnnct, the Lieutenant-Gov- ,.,.,,,,, H1 j\1~.,.§inl..i, aid representatives of oth- u. 1>.-.,.,~,..-i_tl liiMiflllllClllS from coast to coast. it also liiniiala the iisitation of an American iiarslnp and of British cruisers under bu’

sitlntw Bicvrick, l’\’..\'., Yive-Admiral of the \\'t~.~t indies Squadron. p _ l)li]c'|‘ noted iisltirs during the year includ- e-l iilili. ii. L. Patciiaudc, Lieutenant-Governor m" U.- ['.-._i\iiicc of Quebec, Sir Percy Everett, onnr of litipcrial headquarters, 1,, ociatioii, Rev. Robert Laird. . )., treasurer of the United Church of Catitid and .\i:ijor General hlCNilllglllOfl, com- ntzinclcr of the ifirst Division, Canadian Active Service liorcc. _ "fl-m Provincial and Prince COLlIliY-Cilplliflib‘ lived up to their reputation as convention cen- tres last siiiiinier. (Ttzirlottetowii was host: to (ieiegaittis t tiiiluiq the llaritinie liireineifs Convention. the Rotary District Conference, the

Royal Arch llzisons of the Maritime Provinces

and Neivioiiiifllziiid, the first Maritime Con- \'<'ll'_l"l‘. of ("iinixlies of Christ, the hlaritiiue Council of (Yliiiolic iitl.\ltillll and Nurses As- socialioiis. and otiitr bodies, while at Stinimer- side the Q1i§iit‘l'l'l_‘_{ of the firaiid Lodge, I.0.0.F.

the, tiraud liiicaiiijiiiisiit and Rebekah Assembly was a matter of .\i.'ii'iliiiit:-uiile interest. l‘olitic:ilii-. interior centred iii tlic Provincial,

"election held (luring .\lay. which resulted in the

rcturit of the (Taiiipbeii Government with a re- duced majority in the Legislature. ,-\t tlorcriiiiieiit iiouse the lion. George D.

iDcl-llois was succcciii-il by tlic lion. B. \\'. Le-

Pagt- as LiClltellatit-Lioverlltir, the former hav- ing held office with outstanding success for five and a half years.

The exhibiiiiiiis il(‘lfl during the fail showed further jirrigress in quality production of farm products and ii\'t‘.\ll't“i. (if special importance iii this connection was the celebration of the goth anniversary of the Provincial Exhibition Association and the unprecedented attendance at this lllfikl popular of all Riaritime fairs.

'i'iii' messenger of llcatli entered many homcs during the year, prominent among those who passed away being i\lr_ A. E. hfacLean, M.P., Hon. H. _l. Palmer, KC, a former Premier and Attornev General of tlic Province; Hon. David .\iacDoiial<l and lion. L. L. Jenkins, both form- er Speaicci-s of the Legislature: Hon. Jeremiah Blanchard, Mr. ll. l-l. .-\corn. hl.L.A., Rev. \\’. A. Thompson. Rev. J. A. MacLcod. Rev. \V. H. Harding, .\lr. ilenry C. Lowe, Mr. Nelson Ratteiibury. Captain iirncst Kemp, i\Ir_ Roy McClure, Superintendent l. O. Scott of the R. ('..\i.i‘., i)r. .\lartiii, of (irand River; Mrs. R. T. lioiinztn. .\irs. Andrew l\'lc.\'air, and Mrs. l’.liz.'iiictli Sitsan hlaclmoil, Island poetcss.

Among deceased parliamentarians was Mr. R."

ii. vlPllhllli, l- -.\lllr\llf of Charlottetown and a foriiiei- i\i. i‘, for Queens. who died in Cai- gaiy The list could be (rxteiiticd to cover ntany others who ciiiitribiitcil to tlic welfare of their community ziiiil province. and whose presence will he sorely missed at this season. To all who are iiiidcr the slizidoiv of bereavement The Gitar- (lian tenders respectful sympathy.

Anil to our readers, one and all, hcst wishes for a liappv and Prosperous New Year.

C om fo rlngble Qua rlers

(qillliliiilll \I‘i('l'IlllS who experienced the rig- 4!il1'\ of caiiip life on §alisbuijv Plain (luring

iii!‘ \\'llIl('l‘ of IULLI; will feel like eii\"_\'int1 the good forliiiii- of (Xiiiatiizfs First Contingent iii this- \\.l1‘. it is indeed. s.'\_\s an exithauige. a ("2lll~<‘ for sali~fnclioii liizil excellent quarters have ill'('1\ ]ll'1l\iIi('li :il .’\i(l(‘|'\l10l, the finest luiivhirv caiup in Fwgiaivi. ./\i(l('1‘\lllli owes its tiiigiii to lite Utiiiitiaii \\':ir. which rt-veaied the I|(’(\'~\li\' for iiigiiiitaiiiiiig large garrisniis of trumps iii c/siilixili/cii districts ii-itli facilities for lrziiiiiiig li‘t'll'|. it \\Zl-i selected by Lord ilard- iutge. lilt coinnriiiilcriii ci f of tlic time. Alder-

slrit is the jiriiicipai military" training centre of the ('l7'lll1l1'\. ll possesses jieriuaiient barracks, ivitii <“i(l\\'(‘l' baths and other modern conven- iiyitttes. \\'\ll'iI\il17ll\‘_ lfillll'l‘ilf‘\'. hospitals, recrea- tinn gruitlitls and Schools of instruction in sig- nalling and cookii:_1.'.\'ot far off are the fam~ nits lliSi{‘_\' rifle ranges where tlic crack shots nf the linipirc lll."(‘l iii animal competition. It was from .\lllf~l'“iltll that the "Old (Tontemji- tibles" (l(‘|\<'11"i(‘fi for France. and it became a great dcinobiliuitioii camp after the war.

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A The last work-a-day of the year. i i I i

Since Munich till now we have been living in a sort of bewilderment. v- s w

What shall 1940 bring forth? Peace in Eu-

rope and Asia, or war in Africa and America? . iii u a a

Stephen Butler Leacock, Pii.D.. Lift-Du LL-D» born this date, i869, “It rather occurs to ‘rm: that it's the common-people who ‘do things‘

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The state of Europe has not only had a mai- erial. commercial and financial unsettienient to its discredit, it has a mental, philosophic and religious upheaval as well.

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Surely the powers-that-be are not going to deprive Charlottetown and‘ Queens Cmlnil’ ti" right to have a military air-training depot. If so, it is going to be too bad for them when the day of reckoning comes.

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The \Var Loan is to be issued in demonina- tions as low as $50, but so _far no iridicatlon has been given of the rate of interest it will carry. There is plenty uninvested money Wflllmgfm‘ a return greater than allowed by the savings banks. i I i i What's in a name? newly wed couple from \Virinipe_g were making their honeymoon a Christmas visit to their parents at Dauphin. when their car ran into a. truck at Eden. The bride was instantly killed \\_'l1li€' the bridegroom was taken to Neepawa hospital iii a serious con- dition. Again turned out of Inden- a- w at is

District orders for military district No. 3. show that Second Licut. N. S. lluehail, sun of Lord 'l‘\i'eedsniuir, Governor-General of Canada, passed his practical examination for an infantry iicuteiiatit. Lieut. Buchan is an of~ ficcr in the Governor GencraPs hoot GHIWUS "i

Ottawa. 1k ill Ill IF

At the request of the New Zealand Gov- ernment, the Marquess of Willingdoii, forvitier Governor-General of Canada and former \/l(.€- roy of India, has been invited to represent the United Kingdom during the centennial celebra- tions which are being held in New Lealand early next year, it was aiinouncedreceiitlv. live will be accompanied by the Marchioness of “illing- don. ii- u. n. a

Stocks of foreign corn in Canada on Decem- ber I5 amounted to 4,540,238 bushels as con.- pargd with 5,858,816 on the corresponding date last year. ThdCOlllllflCS of origin were as follow-s, with figures for I958 m bfflfiliflFi UllitCd States, 3.032.579 (5914454) biulisls; South Africa, i,5<>6.9_53 (QOnQOS): Argentina. 706 (30,051); Australia, flli (213603)-

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Accoi-ditig to hir. 1i. .-\. Jones the new ilri- iirh iillSOll officer between UllilWlt and Loiuloll. who has just arrived in Ottawa, ‘it is fast be- ing established that Great Britains air :irni .~1 of stiperior calibre to that of (icritianv. lie mid the Bj-itich \\'c]]ingttiii and Blenheim homb- crs are standing up better under fire than (it-r? man bombers. .\Ir. Jain-s is a close of Air Vice-Marshal G. M. Croii, who has been mentioned as a possible director of the air scheme. Both served in the same stp. Ion if lhc Royal Air Force in the first tircat \\ ar. ' i l‘ ll fi

Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe said recently that iic liad been endeavoring for the last two years to be relieved of his duties as a guardian to the Dionne quintuplets. An unofficial report said he might retire as guardian. continuing as physi- cian, after the new year. This report ceiiiil not be confirmed officially and Dr. Dafoe said he did not know when action might be taken ‘in the matter. “Nothing has been done about it yet, but I would like to return to iiiy former cap- acity as a personal guardian to the little girls," said Dr. Dafoe. “This would leave nie free to watch their health and personal well-being, and not both with business arrangements as at pre- sent." i

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At the close of a nteinorable year we wisii to put on record the following tribute by the Bri- tish-oivned Sun newspaper of Blontevideo, as an example of the true British spirit: “We re- gret to record the death of Captain liaiis Langs- dorff, the gallant officer and great gentleman who went down with his ship iii the River Plate Sunday, Dec. 17. To the many who must be mourning the dead sailor we offer our sym- pathy in theingricf, which we also share. 1n view of the fact that the sixty-two British sail- ors who were prisoners on the (jraf Spec have nothing but good to say of their captor, we feel that in compiling and publishing the foregoing obituary notice we have anticipated the wishes of the British cotnitiiinity". Shortly after i110 prisoners were released Captain Dove of tlic Africa Shell told us of a conversation he had with Captain Langsdorff shortly after reach- iiiir refuge in Uontevidco. Between Captain Langsrlorff and Captain Dove had sprung up a friendship such as is quite possible and quite proper between two ‘white’ iiien ivlin find them- SCiVCS temporary enemies. Ciaptain Langsdorff, after complimenting the skill and (lariiig of the .'\_j:i.\' and Achilles. said: ‘\\'cii, that curls the war for me. i shall neier put out again. 1 will not lead my boat to certain Slli(i(i(‘ nor use- iessiyv sacrifice the lives of my nten. l am glad i have. not llie life of one ilrilisli nriii- belligerent on my conscience.’ Although (rip- tain Laiigsdorff tool.- his life in the early hours of yesterday we have given the dale of his tlcath as last Sunday because it iras on Sini- day that Captain lfangsilorff really (lied. lie left a letter saying that from the moment lit‘ knew he had to sink his ship lit- made up his niiud to lake his life as soon as he ivas assured of the safety of his officers and mcii. The dead sailor was a socialist idealist who put his theories into practice by having the same rations for

-l1imself and his officers as for his men. The lmain Allied objectives in this war arc broadly to restore the liberty of the Austrians, (‘zechs and Poles. We ivoiild add to this list the laiugs- dorffs of Germany."

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Fearful! "be expound by~ some people iegardms‘ tlic ability oftne vessels wnlcn have been transferred from Gmelt. Link“ w ocean service to vvltbstand At- lmtlc weather conditions. Perhaps may form that conslderable num- ber ot‘ tlie treightera ln serviuaqn me Great. Lakes and me Upper 5t. Lawrence were actually bull: ln Brltlsn yards and made they way across the Atlantic uncle:- their Wm steam before entering Gan- 8416'! lnland service. - Brockvllle Recorder and ‘Times.

The relation: between Mlnlslen and members have been very friendly. and they have doubtless been greatly stlmulated by the re- spect. the Prime llllnlster hi8 shown for Parliament, ln the last war when Mr. Lloyd George was Prlme warmi- Oommons very cavallerly. and made m.» appearances there only when lt sulted lils convenlenoe. The Commons naturally resented [hi8- MI‘. Chamberlain, who 11; peace-tame was most regular tn his ltwndfl-nces. has not allowed me pressure of work m keep him from his place on the Treasury Bench. and tn tihls respect ha:

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